Hi,
I work in a school. 30% of the time as a teacher and 70% of time in a support role.
my support role has a 3 month notice period and the teacher role has 1 term.
I’ve been offered a much better role at a different schhol.
I was offered, and accepted the new role on April 30th. I handed in my notice and requested to finish at the end of term. Fine for my support role but two and a half weeks late for my teacher role as notice should be given at start of term to finish at the end of term. In theory I guess they could insist I work until Christmas for the teacher role
I haven’t heard anything back from them.
I sent a follow up email asking if this was acceptable. No reply.
my new job want me to confirm I can start September 1st.
If I have to stay on till christmas on my teacher salary and not top it up with my tech work I can’t afford the bills, and I suppose I’ll lose my new role as they need a September start.
what can I do? My new role already has a reference from my current school.
can I just leave? I they still have a lot of notice and it’s only a 30% teaching role. Could they really take me to court? Is this common? I’m very anxious about this and hate not having everything nice and neat.
has any one got experience of not working full notice in an education setting? What happened? Thanks!